Wordle Today #562 Clues and answer for the Monday, January 2 challenge

It’s been well over a year since wordle was first released to the public in October 2021 by New York software developer Josh Wardle, but the game continues to go from strength to strength. Invented by Wardle during the coronavirus lockdown as a game “for me and my partner to enjoy”, wordle became an online sensation and was later bought by the New York Times for a seven figure sum.

Talk to Newsweek Joel C. Wallenberg, a lecturer in language development at the University of York in the UK, explained why language games are so popular.

He said: “Language always seems to fascinate people. This may be because producing and understanding language is an incredibly complex process, and we are only aware of the smallest part of this process as it unfolds; most of what we do when we speak we do unconsciously, but people may have a feeling that they are doing something very complex and impressive when they speak, even if they don’t know not the specifics or why it should be so.

“Language games show how aware (or unaware) we are of our own language processes, and perhaps give us a bit more information about them than we had before. one of the reasons why humans, perhaps universally, have always invented and enjoyed language games.”

The answer to today’s puzzle will be revealed at the end of this article, so scroll down with caution if you want to solve it on your own. To help you solve today’s problems wordle, Newsweek provided some advice.

‘Wordle’ #562 Tips and Hints for Monday, January 2

wordle players can use these five clues to solve puzzle #562.

Tip #1: There are no repeated letters.

Tip #2: The answer contains only one vowel.

Tip #3: It is a type of clothing.

Tip #4: The third letter is a vowel.

Tip #5: The letter “e” is not in today’s answer.

‘Wordle’ #562 Monday Jan 2 Answer

The answer to today’s wordle is “Skirt”.

With only one vowel, it was a hard nut to crack, although being a relatively common word, that helped. Did you understand? If so, congratulations! But don’t worry if you don’t, one of the best things about wordle is to see if you can improve your score over time. In both cases, Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another round of wordle tips and tricks.

What does “skirt” mean?

The Cambridge University Dictionary defines “skirt” as “a garment for women and girls which hangs at the waist and has no legs”.

For example: “She was wearing a denim skirt and a white shirt.”

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